• Local Rates

    Welcome to our ‘Local Rate’ help guide! Let’s dive into the core of your job estimate – the ‘Rates’ tab. This is where all your local rates live – those specific to your current estimate. You’ll also find your customized composite rates, as well as any global rates you’ve added…

  • Add Configurable Rates to an Estimate.

    To get started you will need to already have setup configurable items for a composite. Add Configurable rate Re-configure your rate with different items

  • Delete measurement results

    To delete a result, do the following, select the result in the Quantity calculation section. Click the drop down to show measurements. Check the measurements to be deleted, then click delete(x)

  • Select, change, and reuse outlines

    You may need to select outlines to find the lines in the Quantity Table that use them or to add existing outlines to a measurement. First, activate the Selection Tool. Check the items that you want to show. To select a single measurement, click it. You can also change the…

  • Tracing

    Select Cell for tracing To use take-off to calculate the quantity for an item, focus the item on the estimate. The Quantity Calculation for the item will be displayed at the bottom. Your measurement will be presented in the cell highlighted as yellow. You can select other cells such as…

  • Scale a floor plan

    Scaling your floor plan accurately in CostMiner ensures that all the quantities and measurements in your estimate are correct. Follow this step-by-step guide to scale a floor plan using a known measurement. Scale using a known measurement Scale a floorplan non-uniformly To accurately scale a floor plan in CostMiner when…

  • Add/Edit Items for Global Rates

    Add an Item to rates list Edit a rate item Create a Composite Item. A composite Item Template combines several simple Items into a bundle/template/Recipe. Setup Configurable Items for a Composite. Rather than choosing an item to be part of the existing composite, you can establish a flexible item (a…

  • Global Rates

    You can create a global rate to define a structured (hierarchical) list of templates for the Job Estimate in your job estimates. When editing a job, it is possible to choose a rate, select some rates and add them to the current estimate. That will pre-populate the Code, Name, Resource Type, Unit…

  • Quickbooks authorisation

    How to authorise QuickBooks after connecting to CostMiner Log in to Quickbooks Once redirected to the Quickbooks login portal enter your ‘Email or user ID’ and ‘Password’, click ‘Sign In’ Select a company in the drop-down menu, then click ‘Next’. Select the ‘Product or service of invoices’, ‘Tax Code’ and…